Just because...part 2 (Will you love me if...?)

Will you love me if...

I tell a lie?
I drink too much?
I sing too loud?
I say the wrong thing?
I don't get A's?
I get fat?
I have a pimple?
I fail to get the job?
I flunk a class?
I miss my bus?
I get a speeding ticket?
I cheat?
I burn the toast?
I sleep through the alarm?
I am a bad friend?
I get angry?
I don't laugh at your joke?
I disappoint you?
I can't get out of bed?
I lose my job?
I forget who you are?
I lose sight of who I am?
I pretend I am something I am not?
I am not what you need?
I ignore the signs?
I fall asleep?
I don't do it right?
I fail?
I lose my temper?
I need more?
I want less?
I dream big?
I cry?
I wish for change?
I make mistakes?
I go the wrong way?
I get lost?

How can you? Why would you? Why should you? I don't have the answers. I imagine my children, my husband, my sister, my brothers, my nieces, my nephews, my aunts, my uncles, my grandpa, my mom and my friends (both young and old) asking these questions, and I don't know my response. I know based on experience that some can't love under these circumstances. And, I understand that choice. They know there are lines that can't be crossed, rules that can't be broken. They have a moral compass that steers them in a direction that enables them to know the answers to these questions without doubt. Though I don't know the answers I would decide. I do know, without a doubt, without a question, what God's answer is.

"Yes, yes, yes, Rosie. I will love you...I will love you, no matter what, even if, and just because. Just because I made you, just because you are mine, I will love you. I will love you, and I will take your hand when no one else can or will. I will pursue you, and I will provide for you everything you need. You will always make mistakes, fail, turn the wrong way. But, you will never be unlovable or unreachable. I will love you enough for you to love others. I will forgive you for the unforgivable, and I will restore you. I will be your heart, when yours is broken. This is not a blank check for you to do your will. It is not an endorsement for you to sin and disregard my dreams for you. It is an endorsement for you to live, to grow, to serve, to feel, to dream, to try. And, in trying, you will fail. I give you permission to make mistakes and to keep trying. You have my permission to love others and to answer their questions with , "Yes, I will."